Oh, sorry, I didn't fill you into the whole backstory!
When EY announced his intention to seek the (Best Novel) Hugo for HPMOR, a few people tried to gently steer him toward the Best Fan Writer category, for which I do believe he could be competitive.
He replied that "I'm honestly a bit nonplussed at the idea that reader reception of HPMOR has been insufficiently enthusiastic to try for a Hugo" [meaning Best Novel]. "It's fairly routine for a review to say that HPMOR is the best thing they've ever read out of all of fiction."
I think he's just not really acquainted with the kind of praise inflation that routinely happens with fanfic? I mean, fan authors work only for praise, so the praise is generally heaped on quite heavily in order to encourage the work to continue. I think this is really nice and a great aspect of fandom, but it can be misleading when fan authors try to self-calibrate the level of their craft based on what their reviewers are saying.
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Date: 2012-09-04 11:31 pm (UTC)When EY announced his intention to seek the (Best Novel) Hugo for HPMOR, a few people tried to gently steer him toward the Best Fan Writer category, for which I do believe he could be competitive.
He replied that "I'm honestly a bit nonplussed at the idea that reader reception of HPMOR has been insufficiently enthusiastic to try for a Hugo" [meaning Best Novel]. "It's fairly routine for a review to say that HPMOR is the best thing they've ever read out of all of fiction."
I think he's just not really acquainted with the kind of praise inflation that routinely happens with fanfic? I mean, fan authors work only for praise, so the praise is generally heaped on quite heavily in order to encourage the work to continue. I think this is really nice and a great aspect of fandom, but it can be misleading when fan authors try to self-calibrate the level of their craft based on what their reviewers are saying.